Vasilevo Municipality Explained

Vasilevo Municipality
Native Name:Општина Василево
Vasilevo Belediyesi
Native Name Lang:mk
Settlement Type:Rural municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southeastern
Flag Size:160px
Image Blank Emblem:Coat of arms of Vasilevo Municipality.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Blank Emblem Size:80px
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Slave Andonov (VMRO-DPMNE)
Population Total:10552
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1

Vasilevo (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Vasilevo.ogg|Василево; Turkish: Vasilevo Belediyesi) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. Vasilevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Vasilevo Municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 10,552 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

20022021
Number%Number%
TOTAL12,12210010,552100
Macedonians9,95882.26,83164,7
Turks2,09517.32,25121.3
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sourcesn/an/a1,33712.7
others690.61331.26

Demographic Trends

MacedoniansTurksAlbaniansothersTOTAL
YearBirths%Births%Births%Births%Births
201011458.468041.0300.0010.51195
201111366.085733.3300.0010.58171
201211063.955632.5621.1642.33172
201312464.926332.9831.5710.52191
201410059.526035.7184.7600.00168
20157859.094836.3643.0321.52132
20168756.135535.4895.8142.58155
20178660.144934.2764.2021.40143
20187558.593930.47107.8143.13128
20196250.005443.5554.0332.42124
20205346.905044.2565.3143.54113
20214442.725654.3721.9410.97103
20224544.125049.0243.9232.94102
20214038.466360.5800.0010.96104
The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, increased for 4.4%. Vasilevo is the third municipality in North Macedonia by rise of the total number of students.[2]

Vasilevo has a higher concentration of Catholics (Eastern) than most municipalities in North Macedonia, with the percentage of Catholic residents standing at 4.8% of the total populace in 2002 according to the census (581 Catholic residents out of 12122 total residents of the municipality[3]). The majority of these Catholic residents, 520 of them, live in the town of Nova Maala, where, out of the total of 823 residents, they make up a majority of 63.2%, followed by the 232 Muslim residents (28.2%).[3]

Localities

External links

41.4758°N 22.6417°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf 2002 census results
  2. http://www.mkd.mk/96434/makedonija/vo-osnovnite-uchilista-za-10-godini-pomalku-duri-46-500-ucenici/ Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку
  3. http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf 2002 Macedonian census